Flying toy



May 17,1927: MAscoL 1,629,114

\ FLYING TOY Filed Dec. 7. 1925 30 11 INVENTOR Anz'ello Masc'oloATTORNEY Patented May 17, 1927.

UNITED lANIELIiO MASCOLO, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

FLYING TOY.

Application filed December 7, 1925. Serial No. 73,630.

This invention relates to toys, and more particularly to a flying toyprovided w1th propeller blades to cause said toy to rise to aconsiderable height in the air.

5 One object of the invention is to provide a toy of the above naturewhich will have a pair of auxiliary horizontal wings spaced Irom thepropeller blades to cause said toy to travel laterally as well asvertically.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature which willbe simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy tomanipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very eificient anddurable 15 in use.

lVith these and other objects in view,

there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawing one form in whichthe invention may be conveniently embodied in prac- 20 tioe.

Fig. 1 represents a vertical view of the flying toy shown partly insection.

Fig. 2 is a view taken at right angles of the View shown in Fig. 1, andwith the flying 2 member shown separated from the projecting member.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the flying member.

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral indicatesa handle for the toy, said handle having a spindle 11 projectingupwardly therefrom. The upper part of the handle has a reduced shoulderportion 12 upon which a spinning spool 13 is adapted to rotate. Thespool 13 is provided at its top with a pair of upwardly projecting pins14 and 15 and is adapted to be givena rapid spinning motion by a cord 16wound about the reduced portion thereof.

The flying member consists of a flanged hub section 17 having a verticalcentral aperture 18 adapted to fit around the spindle 11 and having apair of sockets 19 and 20 in its bottom adapted to receive the pins leiand 15. The hub 17 'is provided at its top with a flange 21 upon'which.the horizontal portion of a propeller member 22 is adapted to besecured in any suitable manner. The

propeller member 22 has a pair of oppositely'inclined outer blades 23and 24 for causing the flying member to rise rapidly in the air when itis given a rapid rotary motion by the spinning spool.

In order to cause the toy to glide horizontally for a considerabledistance instead rising or falling vertically in the air, the bottom 25of the hub section 17 is provided with a pair of small horizontal wings26 and 27 adapted to be secured in position in any suitable manner, asby rivets 28 and 29 respectively. An ornamental member such as a flag 30is secured to the top of the flying member and adds to theattractiveness of the device.

In operation, the user will hold the handle 10 in one hand and pullrapidly on the cord 16 with the other. The rotary motion thus given tothe spinning spool will be imparted to the flying member which will riserapidly into the air and travel fora considerable distance.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form isshown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention isnot to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified andembodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. Inshort, the invention includes all the modifications and embodimentscoming within the scope of the following claim.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, andfor which it is desired to secure Letters Patent. is:

In a flying toy, a handle member, a corddriven spool rotatively mountedon said handle member, a. flying'member having a hub detachablyinterlocked with said spool and adapted to receive rotative'motiontherefrom, said flying member having an inclined lifting propellingblade at one end of said hub, said hub having on its other end a pair ofhorizontal flat gliding wing members secured thereto, whereby when thespool is rotated, the flying member will rise vertically and laterallythrough the air.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my 100 signature to thisspecification.

ANIELLO MASCOLO.

